Dust guard for oar platforms



(ModeL) L. B. WOOD.

DUST GUARD FOR GAR PLATFORMS.

N0. 317,266. PatentedMay 5, 1 885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIcE.

LUTHER BEOKWITH WOOD, OF'OMAHA, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SAMUEL M. BEERY, OF SAME PLACE.

DUST-GUARD FOR CAR-PLATFORMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 317,266, dated May 5, 1885.

Application filed February 14, 1885.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUTHER BEOKWITH WVooD, of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and Improved lVind and Dust Guard for Car Platforms, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved guard for closing the ends of car-platforms and excluding wind and dust, which guard is held within a casingin the car when not in use.

The invention consists of the combinations of parts and their construction, substantially as hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a side view of the end portions of two cars provided with my improved guard, parts being broken out and parts in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan View of part of one car.

In each corner of the car A an upright casing, B, is formed, and in the end of the car a vertical slot, 0, is formed near the corner. In the said casing a vertical roller or shaft, D, is journaled in suitable steps or bearings, and with the said roller a spring, J, is connected the same as in a spring curtain-roller.

The guard E is formed of a curtain or apron, of canvas, sail'cloth, or other analogous material, which has one edge secured to the roller, and to the other edge a vertical wooden strip or rail, F, is secured, and on each curtain or its strip F a hook, G, is secured, which can be hooked on the rail H of the railing on the platform. The spring J automatically winds the guard or curtain E on the shaft or roller.

(ModeL) \Vhen the guard is not in use, it is rolled on the shaft D, and the rail F covers the slot 0. WVhen the guard is to be used, the rail F is pulled from the end of the car, and the hook 5 G is hooked on the railing H and holds the guard over the end of the car-platform. Then the hook G is disengaged from the railing, the spring J automatically winds the curtain or guard on the roller.

The guard prevents cinders, dust, &c., from passing into the doors; it prevents the wind from blowing persons off the platform, and also prevents the wind from retarding the train, as it cannot pass in between the cars.

Having thus fully described my invention,

' I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters secured on a roller at the corner of the car and of a spring for winding the curtain on the roller, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with a car, of a curtain secured on a roller at the corner of the car, a spring for winding the curtain on the roller, and a bar or strip on the free edge of the curtain, substantially as herein shown and de scribed.

3. The combination, with a car, of a curtain secured on a roller at the corner of the car, a bar or strip on the edgeof the curtain, and a hook on the said strip, substantially as herein shown and described.

4. The combination, with a car having casings B and slots 0 at the corners, of the rollers D, the curtains E, and the bars or strips F, substantially as herein shown and described.

LUTHER BEOKWITH VOOD.

\Vitnesses:

LEWIS S. REED, HARRY D. REED. 

